Re: Making Custom Kernels
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David Baron wrote:
> I compile my own to dispense with initrd and use realtime-lsm, also a version
> with the real-time preemptive patch or ovz and such.
>
> I am not making the kernel to be a universal package so I guess I really do
> not need all those modules, do I? I have already dispensed with OSS. I have a
> "normal" 10-T 8139 ethernet card. A few sound devices, and intel chipset with
> intel agpgart. I compile the proprietory nvidia driver. So.
>
> Can I simply get rid of all the decnet, ieee stuff, isdn and such? I compile
> in what yaird -test says I need and what I found necessary for correct alsa
> loading, ext3fs, etc.
>
>
If you are rolling your own kernel and not planning on sharing with
others, nor do you plan on changing the hardware in your machine, then
of course you can choose to get rid of the unnecessary things in your
kernel, nor do you need to make a module for things you're not likely to
ever have.
But, always a but, if you ever do get new hardware, it won't work until
you rebuild the kernel, and you can forget about updates for security or
better functionality (bug fixes).
Joe
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